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Akai offers free MPC Beats DAW with 3GB Bonus Content until October 31st


Larry Shelby

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Still waiting for Akai to update their VIP 3.1.1  software to include VST3...

Clicking on the release notes from the help menu within the program takes you to 404: Page not found

https://www.akaipro.com/vip-release-notes/v3.1.1

And they have moved their Advance controllers for VIP to their "Legacy" products page... https://www.akaipro.com/products/legacy

Abandonware?

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3 hours ago, abacab said:

Still waiting for Akai to update their VIP 3.1.1  software to include VST3...

Clicking on the release notes from the help menu within the program takes you to 404: Page not found

https://www.akaipro.com/vip-release-notes/v3.1.1

And they have moved their Advance controllers for VIP to their "Legacy" products page... https://www.akaipro.com/products/legacy

Abandonware?

Yep, they seem to have struck up an exclusive deal with the button pushers union.

I thought the advance was quite a nice controller, but lacked faders and like many a larger 76 or 88 option which seems to be almost essential to get the best out of Kontakt and Omnisphere.

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3 hours ago, paulo said:

Yep, they seem to have struck up an exclusive deal with the button pushers union.

I thought the advance was quite a nice controller, but lacked faders and like many a larger 76 or 88 option which seems to be almost essential to get the best out of Kontakt and Omnisphere.

Looks that way, based on the current list of hardware they are promoting.

But they do still have the 25, 49, and 61 key versions of their MPK keyboard line as current, and VIP ready, although without the fancy VIP LCD display.

I needed a new controller a couple of years ago, so I  bought an Alesis version of the Advance (they packaged it in versions for Akai, M-Audio, and Alesis) that I got a stupid deal on at Musician's Friend, along with the VIP software bundle. It's an OK keyboard, but I do miss the sliders. I actually found the VIP software quite useful, even more so than the integrated keyboard. I would really hate to see Akai abandon VIP development, because there is nothing else quite like it for managing your instrument plugin library. I currently have over 20,000+ presets searchable from my VSTi collection, that I can quickly drop into a multi layer with up to 8 instruments. That's more fun than pushing buttons, IMHO!

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21 hours ago, abacab said:

But they do still have the 25, 49, and 61 key versions of their MPK keyboard line as current, and VIP ready, although without the fancy VIP LCD display.

I forgot about them - probably because in my head I've already written them off as being too flimsy and toy like (like most of the other brands in fairness to Akai). The Advance just seemed more robust generally.

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